We are visiting France with our micro-school friends over the next few weeks so I hope to be able to share a few glimpses of some of what we...

Miss Point d’Araignée est née dans la voiture, 2500 km dans la semaine, j’ai eu le temps de broder . Elle annonce le printemps. J’aime le point d’araignée surjeté, j’ai un ouvrage brodé par ma grand mère qui est entièrement au point d’araignée et c’était un plaisir de broder comme elle. C’est un peu comme si elle avait été à mes côtés durant toutes ces heures de route. Miss Point d’Araignée portent dans son sac à main en forme d’arbre de vie, de la poussière de fée, mais oui pour faire naître chaque fleur, le printemps c’est demain … Perles de différentes grosseurs, un simple coton perlé et une dentelle teints artisanalement et du fil de lin pour ses cheveux. Elles sont quand même toutes petites mes toiles d’araignée ;-) « Ils peuvent tuer toutes les hirondelles, ils n’empêcheront pas la venue du printemps » Proverbe Afghan. Pour tout savoir sur le TAST 2012 – Take a Sitch Tuesday c’est sur le blog de Sharon Boggon Pintangle , sur son réseau social Stitchin Fingers et sur Flickr Je vous souhaite un merveilleux printemps. Vous retrouverez cet ouvrage dans le dictionnaire de points dans mon nouveau livre parution juin 2016 Broderie Poétique, l’été de la princesse des petits riens Editions de Saxe et sur Amazon.fr

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Does your little one love to play pretend? It seems like everytime I come around a corner, there's another set of dress-up or pretend play out of it's basket in our home! We're always using our imagination to be Dr.s, Astronauts, Construction Workers, Teachers, you name it! To make their set up more fun, I

Looking for a fun and easy way to keep the kids entertained during fall? These simple toilet paper roll crafts are perfect! From owls to turkeys, there's something for everyone.

Madeline and Andrew are precious high school sweethearts who were married in an absolutely lovely wedding ceremony here at Vecoma at the Yellow River! Their entire ceremony and reception was full of beautiful and unique touches that we think you'll enjoy! Congrats, Madeline and Andrew! We wish you a life full of happiness and love together!

Hey yall! This has been a whirlwind of a month and I have been such a slacker! I've been meaning to post about our Seuss-week for ages now, but time is really slipping away! So let's just rewind for a second :) Seuss week is my absolute favorite week to teach. I love planning all the fun activities, but we can never seem to fit it all in! I'm thinking next year, we'll make it more like a week and a half :) Here are just a few of the fun activities we did that week: I told them their goal was to read at least 24 books by the end of the week. We used these punch cards from Crayonbox Learning. Their prize was a cute Seuss-themed pencil :) We went to the media center to listen to a story from the media specialist. She read "If I Ran the Circus." They talked all about imagination and using it to create their own animals. Then they used modeling clay to bring their animals to life! The teachers on my hall decided to all dress up to read to classes. We rocked it! We read "Barthlomew and the Oobleck," then made our very own oobleck. We read "Green Eggs and Ham." So, of course, we had to try them for ourselves! It was unanimous.....green eggs and ham are tasty! We also made these yummy "Cat in the Hat" snacks. We read tons and tons of books, then gathered data on our favorite Dr. Seuss book. "Green Eggs and Ham" was a class favorite! This printable came from Lindsay over at Teacher Bits and Bobs. I snagged it up a couple of years ago before the big Seuss to-do, so it's not available anymore :/ We also read "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish," then sorted and graphed rainbow goldfish crackers. Notice the food theme??? I forgot to snap a picture, but we used my printable below. Click the picture to snag your copy! We also wrote about our favorite Dr. Seuss book, made a birthday cake craftivity for the great Dr., illustrated our own ABC book using fun Seuss characters, and watched "Horton Hears a Who." Even though Read Across America Week is long over, hopefully you can take some ideas away for next year! Happy Saturday, friends! 

I found a great tutorial here on how to make anklets. When I saw it, I wondered how they would look using small washers dressed up with scrapbook paper (like with the Washer Necklace tutorial from The Creative Crate.) I ended up using 1/4" washers, and they were the perfect size. Now we have matching washer necklaces and anklets! I did a few things differently than the tutorial. **I added beads to each side of the washer. To keep them in place, I put a knot at the end of each bead. **I cut my hemp cord just over 10" to compensate for knotting the end of the beads. **I assembled the anklet first before attaching the end clamps. This was a fun little project! These would be great for birthday and Christmas gifts! We'll definitely be making more!

Looking for a fun and easy Halloween craft to do with your kids? Check out this wiggle eye Halloween tree!

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My kids love pretend play, and a couple free printables whether it be restaurant, school, doctor or one of the dozens of other ideas they are preoccupied for hours! So here is a round up of over 100 free pretend play printables, a few I designed myself to keep the kids busy.. for at least a while. BAKERY Get Bakery Pretend Play free printables from Life Over Cs This free printable pack from Miniature Masterminds includes; employee application, a bakers hat, money, menu, order pages and 2 play dough mats Bakery and Ice cream Shoppe Pretend Play menu from MomDot BEAUTY SALON Free printable Beauty Salon Printables BIRTHDAY Pretend Play - birthday party CAMPING Get pretend play camping printables from Where Imagination Grows CARNIVAL Get free printable tickets from Gingham Cherry which you could use for a fair, circus, train ride or anything else you can think of. Get these Carnival Party printables from Megan & Wendy which would be great for a pretend play Carnival Free printable concessions banner from Liz on Call Get free printable signs from Simply Cumorah Get free Carnival posters from Bringing Home Ezra Get free printable pop corn boxes from Hale Grafx Get the greatest showman printables from sisters suitcase Get free Circus Fun printables from Catch my Party COFFEE SHOP Get free open/close sign and order form from Heart of Deborah Get this printable play pretend coffee shop printables from Learn Create Love Get Free coffee shop printables from Must Have Mom Dramatic play Coffee shop pretend play printables from Where Imagination Grows COMMUNITY HELPERS Free printable Community Helpers free printable hats from Tot Schooling DOCTOR Get a free Doctor pretend play kit from Palvinka Get free printable band-aids and vet stickers from Simple Every Day Mom Learn how to make this Doc McStuffins Doctor Kit with free printables from A girl and a gun Get this free Doctor pretend play kit from Professor Poppins Get X-ray free printables from Stella123 or get children;s play xrays from Tried and True DONUT SHOP Dramatic Play Donut Shop from Mandy's Party Printables Sugary Sweet free printables from Clementine Creative EYE DOCTOR Pretend Play Eye Doctor Kit from Bramble Box: Blog FARMER'S MARKET Create your own Farmers market with free printables from Heart of Deborah Get free Market bunting and signs from Paging Super Mom FLOWER SHOP Floral shop printables from Heart of Deborah GARDEN Get free printable vegetables for Garden pretend play from Views for a Step Stool GROCERY STORE Grocery Store - with printable lined and blank grocery lists and printable food items Get free Grocery Store printables from Home School Share Get these free Grocery Store printables from Kids from Make Life Lovely Get these Campbell soup printables for wrapping cans from Katie Day Get all these cute play food printable free from Elaine Chen Free printable groceries from Moms and Crafters Get free food labels from the Sewer, The Caker, the Copycat Maker Get free printable food labels from Pre-K Pages ICE CREAM SHOPPE Get this fun and interactive pretend play set from learn create love Get this pretend play Popsicle freebie from Growing Play Ice Cream Shop Play Printables from hello, Wonderful LEMONADE STAND Find 15 free lemonade stand printables LIBRARY Get a Free Pretend Play Library set from Learn Create Love Get free printable Library card templates from Clementine Creative MAD SCIENTIST Get free printable Mad Laboratory specimen labels and experiment forms from Eighteen25 MECHANIC Free Mechanic or Auto Repair Pretend Play printables Mechanic pretend play sheet from Mom Dot PET SHOP Free Pretend Play Pet Shop Printables Get my Little Pet Shop Free Printables from Amys Wandering PHOTOGRAPHER Photographer dramatic play printables from Where Imagination Grows PIRATES Pretend Play: Pirates - Free Printables POST OFFICE My kids love playing mail - so I designed these cute printable postcards Get free Mail printables from Tiny Me RESTAURANT/ CAFE Free Omelette Menu from Professor Poppins Get Sandwich, taco and pizza menu printables from Melissa & Doug Pretend play restaurant including; restaurant sign, menu, emoji menu and guest order book Get free Sandwich shop printables from the Maven Free printable Chef hat from Primary Playground Get free Chinese restaurant printables from pre-k pages RETAIL STORES Pretend play store with link to free printable money. Printable Pretend Play Set: Dress Shop from Learn Create Love Free printable play money SANTA'S WORKSHOP North Pole Santa's Workshop from Miniature Masterminds includes letters to Santa, mailbox, hot chocolate station labels, toys to build, and cookies. SCHOOL Get a Free printable Pretend Play Classroom set from Learn Create Love including schedule, roll cal, hall pass, report card and more. SUPERHEROS "Hire a Superhero" free printable superhero game Free printable Superhero cuffs from Mandy's Party Printables TRAVEL Get your own Little World Passpot in your choice of 5 colours from A Happy Adventure Get this printable Airport Pretend Play kit from Learn Create Love which includes tickets, baggage claim, name tags, in flight menu and more. Get Free printable and customizable plane trip printables from Barley and Birch Free boarding passed from Mother's Niche Airport printables from Playdough to Plato VET Get a free cat adoption printable from ChickaBug Get a free dog adoption kit from ChickaBug this free printable vet office pretend sheet from Mom Dot vet pretend play free printables kids activities blog ZOO Get this pretend play Zoo set from Learn Create Love which includes large Zoo Sign, Zookeeper Tasks & Checklists, Zoo Clinic, Fact Cards, and blank Fact Cards. Get a Pretend Play Zoo passport from We Wilsons GENERAL Get free printable ID Cards and Licenses from Itsy Bitsy Fun

Pool Noodle Spin & Spell is such a fun way to repurpose pool noodles at the end of summer into a fun learn-to-spell game!

One of the biggest sources of clutter on my kitchen counters are memo's to myself. I forever have sticky notes or papers from school taking over my space. So I set out to make a little memo board to help me keep track of important papers or appointments without all the clutter. I love the burlap and twine combo. And the cute little metal flowers are the perfect embellishment. I love how it turned out. Here is the whole "desk" area of my kitchen. You may remember by little mini dresser and my mail slot organizer. I didn't want to damage the wood of the cabinets, so I bought some command strips that are kind of like velcro. They attach to the frame and also the wall and the pieces interlock and are very strong. Want to Make Your Own Memo Board? You will need: frame, painted and distressed if desired - I used a 10X13 size. foam board batting burlap twine upholstery tacks, decorative brads, or buttons hot glue 1- Begin by cutting the foam board to fit inside the frame. 2 - Cut a piece of batting the same size as the foam board, Cut a piece of burlap about an inch bigger all the way around. 3 - Place the batting and the foam board on top of the burlap and then wrap the burlap over the edges of the foam board and hot glue in place. 4 - Attach your twine with hot glue. I started from corner to corner, gluing the twine to the back side. Then I glued twine from the middle to middle. 5 - Insert into your frame. 6 - Add embellishments - I used the little metal flower embellishments. Upholstery tacks, buttons, or brads would work. Here's just a few things on it - I've had it over a month now and it's filled up quite a bit. I have a funny story about this. This happened about a week after I hung the memo board. My son got a picture packet for basketball pictures. A few days before the pictures, I could not find the packet any where. I searched in all the places where I thought I would have put it. The night before, I found it. Guess where it was? You got it, on my memo board. Needless to say, now that's the first place I look. Have you ever started a new organization system?

[pinit] [pinit] It was time for some new paper flowers to usher in the spring around here. If you have been here long, you know I am a fan of making paper roses. I decided to switch it up a bit

How to assemble the block...the first timer way! I've been quilting for years, but I've never sewn the double wedding block. It was a learning experience, but with some researching online and some trial and error, I came up with this. Double Wedding Ring Block... You can cut your pieces from a template, but I used the AccuQuilt Go Big cutter from this post. The cutting was so fast and easy with their new die! Lay out all the pieces in a specific color order or in a scrappy look. I picked scrappy. The post is filled with lots of pictures, so come in and see the steps. I sewed one section of the circle at a time...I'm calling these sections the "football shape". I started sewing the top row of the football shape from the purple to the gray piece. I'm writing these instructions with all the details, so if you are an experienced quilter, you can skip over all the parts that are second nature for you. When I first started sewing years ago, I came up with my "thigh sewing" method. It sounds crazy, but it works for me. I'll show you in the following photos. Why on the thigh? Well, it's close by, I can keep track of the fabric and it's like a built in table for me. On a side note, I was going to type "thigh sewer" (as in someone who sews on their thigh), but it's spelled the same ways as "thigh sewer" ( as in the sewer pipe that drains from your house), so I'm going to call it my thigh sewing method. Any who...let's move on! lol The first step in my "thigh sewing", is to stack the pieces one on top of the other from the left to the right. Keep stacking the entire row you are sewing. (This works for sewing rows and rows of squares in a regular quilt too, not just this double wedding ring.) Here's the stack and here's my thigh. I take the first piece off to the left... Then take the second piece and place it right sides together on top of the purple. Match the sides and notches. Sew with a 1/4 inch seam. Chain piece the rest of the pairs. Chain piecing is to keep sewing without removing the fabric or cutting the threads. Just keep adding more fabric pairs as you go...a long chain of sewing. Here the next piece taken to the left... Then fold over the next one, right sides together. Keep chain sewing... then the next piece off to the left ... and the last piece folded over, right sides together. Chain, chain, chain...(can you hear the song in your head)...chain of fools. lol Chain goes to the thigh. Cut the threads between each section. This is were my thigh helps me keep track of things close by and not buried on my messing sewing table. When sewing this block, it's good to have an iron near by. This is just an old board I made years ago...batting and some fabric glued on the back. It can go anywhere, like my dining room on a TV tray. I have to sew in there this winter, because my sewing room is freezing with no heat in there and single digit temps outside. It's even too cold for a space heater to keep up in my sewing room. Iron each pair with seams open instead of to one side as with typical quilting. It reduces the bulk. Now back to thigh sewing...stack second on top of first, right sides together, matching notches. See the seam ironed opened? Iron and sew the last set on top of the first. Right sides together. Iron and this section is complete. I sewed all 8 sections. Now there are only those 8 squares left to sew on. Four of those curved sections have to have the square sewn on each end. I could have done that when I was chain piecing them, but was on a roll when I was sewing the other sections and didn't do it. Just add a square to each end of the curved piece. Now to assemble all the bigger pieces... Take one 6-piece unit and sew it to one of the white center pieces. The center notch will match the center seam of the 6-piece unit. Fold over the white unit, right sides together. Pin the ends and the center. You can pin the whole side if you like. Sew 1/4 seam, easing the fabric in as you go. It's like sewing the curve of a slice of watermelon. but when you iron it out, it lays flat. I ironed the seam toward the white. It naturally folds that way, so I went with it. Next, we will be sewing the white section to the unit with the squares on the end. Match the center of the white to the center of the curved piece. You will also be matching the notched ends of the squares to the notches of the other end pieces. Fold fabric right sides together and pin all the way across, matching edges. Start sewing with 1/4 inch seam on the square piece. At the area where I'm pointing, drop your needle inside that existing seam and pivot a little to continue sewing onto the white fabric. That's hard to explain with the written word, but you'll see when you have it in hand. Here are some arrows for you. Iron seams towards the white middle section. Repeat this with the other 3 sections. Oh...by the way. This WILL happen as a newbie and your seam ripper will be your best friend. Just pick out that sewn in crease.. Open it up to ease the fabric in again and re-sew it. Now to sew the 4 football shapes to the center white piece. The centers will match up ... Place white fabric right side together with one of the football shapes. Pin center seam. This part is crucial... Take the end of each white center piece and mark a little dot at the 1/4 inch mark in the center of the tip. Here it is circled. Now pin that dot over the seam between the last 2 pieces of the football block. Here's that spot marked below Here it is pinned in place. Dot is lined up with the seam. Do the same on the other end. Pin the rest of the curve and sew all the way across. Here's what it looks like all in place. Open up and iron seam towards the center piece. When you add the next football, the notches on the square will match. Add the other 3 football shaped pieces and you are done!! It's my first one, so there is a little ripple in it and it doesn't lay perfectly flat, but that's why free motion quilting was invented...to flatten out all my mistakes!! This was my first time with this block, so if anyone wants to add any more tips and tricks to this tutorial, that would be so helpful for all my readers!! Just leave a comment below!! Thanks in advance! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Sewing! ~Karen~

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